Two Days of Full On Action at the Red Bull Ring

The race in Austria is Round 3 of the 2015 European Le Mans Series and there will be two 90-minute Free Practice sessions on Saturday.  On Sunday morning the LMGTE and GTC cars will qualifying to decide the grid for the afternoon race.  This 20-minute session will be followed by a similar length period for the LMP2 and LMP3 cars to qualifying.  At 13h30 the 4 Hours of Red Bull Ring will begin and just after 17h30 the victors will crowned on the podium.

The Single Seat action will be provided by the Formula Renault 3.5 Series.  After races at Spa-Francorchamps, Motorland Aragón, Monaco and Hungaroring, the Red Bull Ring will be hosting the fifth round of this Pan European championship.  This series is considered as a real stepping stone for F1. The Formula Renault 3.5 comes equipped with technology used at the very highest level and the combination of a 530bhp V8 engines, considerable downforce and Michelin tyres results in an extremely efficient car, capable of cornering at high speed. Past champions include Robert Kubiça, Kevin Magnussen and recently Carlos Sainz, but also Sebastian Vettel, Jean-Eric Vergne, or Daniel Ricciardo have raced in the Formula Renault 3.5 Series.

On Saturday the Formula Renault 3.5 Series will have one 50-minute Free Practice session followed by two 30-minute qualifying sessions.  On Sunday the series will have two 40-minute + 1 lap races, with the second race of the weekend concluding the meeting on Sunday evening.

The Touring Car action will be provided by the TCR International Series.  The 11 round worldwide championship has already staged races in Malaysia, China, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Austria and Russia and now the series returns to Austria for Round 8.  Featuring a mixture of great brands and world class touring car drivers, the TCR International Series has already provided some great racing action in its debut season.

The TCR International Series will have two 30-minute Free Practice sessions and one 35-minute qualifying session on Saturday divided in Q1 (20 minutes for all the competitors) and Q2 (10 minutes for the fastest 12 drivers in Q1).  On Sunday the two 14 lap races will take place in the morning, the first at 08h25 and the second at 11h30.

The 4 Hours of Red Bull Ring weekend is also available to attend Free of Charge, so the whole family can enjoy two days of great motorsport entertainment.

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